Tag: ARMM

49 pulis, idineploy para sa seguridad ng BOL plebiscite

(Eagle News) — Nagpadala ng apatnaput-siyam na pulis ang Misamis Occidental Provincial Police Office sa Lanao del Norte kaugnay ng ikalawang plebisito para sa ratipikasyon ng Bangsamoro Organic Law. Ang send-off ceremony ay pinangunahan nina Police Senior Supt. Danilo Tumanda, acting director ng Misamis Occidental Provincial Police Office at Police Supt. Lemuel Gonda, commander ng 1st Provincial Mobile Force Company. Ang nasabing mga pulis ay tutulong sa pagpapanatili ng kaayusan at kapayapaan sa anim na […]

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ARMM provinces post highest voter turnout on Day 1 of BOL plebiscite

(Eagle News) –Two provinces in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao posted the highest voter turnout on Day 1 of the Bangsamoro Organic Law plebiscite, data released by the Commission on Elections showed. According to Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez, who revealed the information in a Tweet, Maguindanao had the highest voter turnout—of the 652,244 registered voters in the province, 608,846 voted, for a voter turnout of 93.35 percent. Lanao del Sur was in second place, […]

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ARMM provinces, except for Sulu, voted for BOL, says partial unofficial results from plebiscite monitoring center

  (Eagle News) – The provinces under the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, except for Sulu, overwhelmingly voted “yes” to the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL), based on the partial unofficial count of votes at the BOL Plebiscite Monitoring Center. As of 4 p.m., January 23, the Western Mindanao Command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines released the counting of votes from the BOL Plebiscite Monitoring Center which said that 100 percent of the plebiscite […]

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Comelec reschedules canvassing of BOL plebiscite votes

(Eagle News) — The Commission on Elections on Tuesday, Jan. 22, rescheduled the canvassing of votes in the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) plebiscite to Wednesday, Jan. 23, instead. This was after the National Plebiscite Board of Canvassers (NPBOC) for the BOL based in the Comelec headquarters in Intramuros, Manila received no certificates of canvass from the areas covered by the plebiscite as of 11:30 a.m. On Jan. 21, residents of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, […]

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Palace declares January 21 a special non-working holiday in Isabela, Cotabato, ARMM for BOL plebiscite

(Eagle News) — The Palace has declared Jan. 21 a special non-working holiday in several parts of Mindanao. According to Proclamation No. 646, the declaration applies to the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Isabela in Basilan and to Cotabato City. The declaration was made to allow voters to participate in the plebiscite on the Bangsamoro Organic Law ratification slated on that day. Residents of Lanao del Norte except Iligan City, and six towns in North Cotabato […]

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Pangulong Duterte, igagalang ang desisyon ng publiko sa BOL – Malacañang

(Eagle News) — Tiniyak naman ng Malacañang na igagalang ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang magiging desisyon ng taong bayan sa Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL). Pahayag ito ng Palasyo isang linggo bago ang plebisito sa ilang bahagi ng Mindanao kung raratipikahan o hindi ang BOL. Ayon kay Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, tiyak na susunod ang Pangulo anuman ang nais ng publiko na sakop ng naturang batas. Kung sa tingin aniya ng Pangulo na kailangang ikampanya niya […]

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Relief assistance, ipinagkaloob sa libu-libong nasunugan sa Jolo

(Eagle News) — Naghatid ng relief assistance ang Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) government sa libu-libong biktima ng sunog sa Jolo, Sulu nitong Miyerkules, Hulyo 26. Sa pagtutulungan ng iba’t ibang ahensya ng ARMM, naihatid sa mga nasunugan ang inisyal na dalawang daang sako ng bigas at mga relief good sa pamamagitan ng C-130 cargo plane mula sa Cotabato City. Personal na binisita ng kasalukuyang ARMM Governor Mujiv Htaman ang mga biktima na mga […]

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Two House panels approve BTC version of BBL

(Eagle News) – Two committees of the House of Representatives approved on Monday, April 16, House Bill 6475, which was based on the recommendation of the Bangsamoro Transition Council. The House special committee on peace, unity and reconciliation, and the committee on Muslim affairs voted to pass the bill authored by Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, but the committee on local government rejected the same. On May 15, the House panels will meet again to determine whether […]

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Dominguez: BBL should be “open to changes”

(Eagle News) — Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III on Thursday said that the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) should be “open to changes.” In a statement, he said this was to allow the Bangsamoro autonomy to “evolve by abandoning its mistakes and strengthening its positive aspects.” “We recommend that lawmakers should look at past experiences in devolving certain basic services to learn from them and take into consideration these lessons when crafting the BBL,” Dominguez said. […]

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Sandiganbayan third division orders arrest of MNLF chair Misuari, others over educational materials’ deal

(Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan has issued a warrant for the arrest of founding Moro National Liberation Front chair Nur Misuari. The warrant is in connection with the malversation and graft cases he faces over the allegedly anomalous procurement of P115.2 million worth of educational materials in 2001 and 2002, when he was governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. In its 18-page resolution, the Third Division also ordered the arrest of Misuari’s co-accused  Leovigilda […]

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Tent City’ itatayo sa ARMM para sa Marawi evacuees

(Eagle News) – Nagtatayo na ng Tent City ang Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) na magagamit ng mga evacuee na tumatakas sa kaguluhan sa Marawi City. Ayon kay ARMM Governor Mujiv Hataman, ito ay upang mabawasan ang siksikan sa mga evacuation center. Layunin din nito na maiwasan ang posibleng pagkalat ng iba’t-ibang uri ng sakit. Marami sa mga apektadong pamilya ng gulo ang wala nang tahanan na uuwian dahil sa pinsala ng bakbakan. Ayon sa lokal […]

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Classes in Marawi City may not resume yet, says ARMM assemblyman; temporary ceasefire urged to rescue remaining civilians in city

  QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Assemblyman Zia Alonto Adiong said that it was impossible for classes to open in Marawi City as scheduled on June 5, because there are schools that have been burned down by the Maute Group and the teachers have already fled. The Department of Education has earlier set June 5 as the date for the opening of public schools. Adiong is also calling […]

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